Lawyer shares secrets of success with Waterstones book launch
AFTER having spent nearly 20 years working as a lawyer and seven years running her own businesses supporting SMEs in protecting their assets in a difficult market, Leeds-based lawyer Rashmi Dubé has started a new chapter with the launch of her debut book at Covent Garden’s Waterstones.
In running her Yorkshire based business, Legatus Law, Ms Dubé draws upon her own experiences as an SME, providing a very specialised service, tapping into the understanding she has about the challenges of running a small business from start-up phase.
She says that creating positive relationships is a huge asset in any business person’s armour. As part of her own personal development, as well as a commitment to support fellow SMEs, she says she felt “compelled” to write a book.
She said: “Launching this book is surreal for me. It’s taken a few years to write in amongst launching and growing a business and despite my persona in business I am actually a really shy person, so putting myself out there in this way is a bit scary. There were times I thought it would never get finished, but the feedback I’ve had so far has made it all worthwhile. One of the factors that pushed me to finish it was I was commissioned to speak to a group of business people, flown over from Ireland for a Networking Masterclass – they wanted the content – so I had to deliver.
“Sharing my experiences and tips is empowering as I know others will benefit from this and I’ve had some lovely testimonials already of people who have now taken a fresh look at networking and started to reap the rewards.”
She added: “It’s no secret that I network and that I actually enjoy it, well, I do now that I have the skills in place to know what works and what doesn’t. It wasn’t an easy journey so looking back even I find it difficult to believe how far I’ve come. I am a positive person and I love to help others and I also believe in seeing opportunities in every meeting. I truly believe that if more SMEs re-calibrated how they viewed networking, moving away from the traditional thrusting of business cards at organised events, to more relationship focused networking, they’d be generating more new business.”
